that's why this israeli lawyer wants nso stripped of its export licence.don't want the israeli public to start a movement against this export licence, so there is total secrecy even in israel and total secrecy means there is no accountability. there is total impunity. israel is a world leader in cybersecurity exports. start—up firms sold their wares at this recent gathering — a tech boom fuelled by experts fresh from army intelligence. it is a source of strength says one former general. we are helping some other countries to acquire similar capabilities, and i personally know of dozens of events where terrible terrorist attacks were intercepted only due to the availability of such intelligence capability. nso claims its software has saved countless lives, and they take every precaution to avoid abuse. this kind of spyware has the power to watch us all. the debate now is over who is watching its creators. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. downing street says mps will get another chance to vote at the beginning ofjune on theresa may's deal to leave the europ

that's why this israeli lawyer wants nso stripped of its export licence.t want the israeli public to start a movement against this export licence, so there is total secrecy even in israel and total secrecy means there is no accountability. there is total impunity. israel is a world leader in cybersecurity exports. start—up firms sold their wares at this recent gathering — a tech boom fuelled by experts fresh from army intelligence. it is a source of strength says one former general. we are helping some other countries to acquire similar capabilities, and i personally know of dozens of events where terrible terrorist attacks were intercepted only due to the availability of such intelligence capability. nso claims its software has saved countless lives, and they take every precaution to avoid abuse. this kind of spyware has the power to watch us all. the debate now is over who's watching its creators. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to our north america technology correspondent dave lee, who joins us live from san francisco. dave, how is this s

that's why this israeli lawyer wants nso stripped of its export license.e want the israeli public to start a movement against the port license. total secrecy leads to no accountability. total impunity. tom: israel is aorld leader in cybersecurity exports. starp firms sell their wares at this recent gathering, a tech boom fueled by experts from army intelligce. it is a source of strength, says one former general. >> we are helping other countries to acquire similar capabilities. i personally know about dozens of events, terrible attacks that were intercepted because of the availability of such intelligence capability. tom:la nsos it software has claimed countless lives and they take every precaution to avoid abuse. this kind of spyware has the power to watch us all. the debate now is over who is watching its creators. m bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. laura: the risks of surveillance -- of spyware right there on your phone. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, how violence against muslims has become a troubling issue for india's ongoing e

but the nhs is allowed to do the business. —— nso is allowed to do business. —— nso is allowed to doll its products internationally. and as we were hearing in that clip, there are calls for that licence be revoked because, as human rights organisation see it, these tools are being used for purposes that it does not allow. so the pressure as a result of this particular attack, i think the pressure is going to grow on israel to stop the export of these tools. a5 on israel to stop the export of these tools. as it stands, the nso group is running its business. what can users do to make sure they're protected 7 security advice, notjust on this situation, keep your apps updated and have them check to make sure you are running the most recent version. in sudan — the opposition alliance is blaming the military for the deaths of five protesters and a security official on monday. it happened in the country's capital, khartoum, where protests have been going on for some time. let's show you the clashes that took place last night. you can see it's dark — but the crack of gunfire can be heard. it

that's why this israeli lawyer wants nso stripped of its export licence.c to start a movement against this export licence, so there is total secrecy even in israel and total secrecy means there is no accountability. there is total impunity. israel is a world leader in cybersecurity exports. start—up firms sold their wares at this recent gathering — a tech boom fuelled by experts fresh from army intelligence. it is a source of strength says one former general. we are helping some other countries to acquire similar capabilities, and i personally know of dozens of events where terrible terrorist attacks were intercepted only due to the availability of such intelligence capability. nso claims its software has saved countless lives, and they take every precaution to avoid abuse. this kind of spyware has the power to watch us all. the debate now is over who's watching its creators. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme: it's the home of britain's top football club, but

what is frightening about some of the softwa re frightening about some of the software that nso groupoftware that nso group develops is software called pegasus, that can go into a phone, turn on the micro loan and the camera and also investigate e—mails on the device as well. —— microphone. there are so many questions about this. once again, this is facebook who owns whatsapp, ina this is facebook who owns whatsapp, in a story about security. how our information is being used by others. many may look at this story and think hang on, facebook and whatsapp are partnering with organisations that i am not happy with again it comes down to security and it will be interesting to see how facebook pushback. early days and not a lot of information but they said they worked quite hard over the weekend to have a download that we could all have in order to improve the security. they said that it has been tested and it will be difficult now for the software. how good are you when it comes to up dating and apps? it often tells me do i want to update now and i think no, it is inconvenient. i did hav

nso does not operate on the tech now -- operate the technology, and it has saved thousands of lives.s been accused by other dissidents, human rights activists and journalists of digital spying. bezos, the billionaire behind amazon and the washington post, believes saudi arabia took information from his phone. one famous saudi dissident had more than his data stolen. shoggi visited the saudi embassy in istanbul, he was never seen again. anchor: sudan has arrested a soldier who opened fire during a gunfight between security forces, killing a pregnant woman and injuring several others. it happened on the second day of a nationwide strike. demonstrators were on the streets of the capital when the shooting began. heather morgan has more. opposition coalition said the two day strike has been largely successful, but hasn't produced results they wanted, to bring back the military cancel negotiate terms of a transitional government, which they already agreed will last for three years. they say if the military council continues to dig its heels and stay away from the negotiating table, they wi

the middle east, latin america, have used nso technology to spy america, have used nso technology ton rights activists and even on political rivals. so nso group sells the technology, they have repeatedly denied responsibility in illegal spying activities. however there are ongoing lawsuits against this is really based cyber security company, and there have been some leaked documents that suggest this company has actually been complicit in these illegal digital spying. —— this is really based cyber security company. orat really based cyber security company. or at least that they were aware that this was taking place. —— this is real based cyber security company. there is almost a 10—year gap in male life expectancy between the richest and poorest areas in the uk. that's one of the many findings from a new report by the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank is launching what it says is the biggest analysis of inequality in the country, and it say the widening gaps are "making a mockery of democracy". our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. inequality is a big

it's thought it refers to israel's nso group, providing surveillance for the government and has previouslyd of helping them to spy on human rights activists. one lawyer who works with campaigners and says he was targeted using whatsapp over the last two months. he wants to remain anonymous. i'm not used to being the victim so it isn't a pleasant feeling. it's scary. any state with questionable human rights records can easily acquire the system and use it against people who are activists, human rights lawyers and journalists. in a statement, the israeli firm said. keeping our communications secure from both hackers and governments is a co nsta nt from both hackers and governments is a constant battle for the technology companies. this flaw has been fixed. there are undoubtedly more yet to be discovered. as we've heard, whatsapp says the malicious software was developed by an israeli company and was mainly being used to spy on human rights lawyers. let's speak to our middle east correspondent tom bateman in jerusalem. what do we know about the company at the centre of this? israel is one of

phobe's log financial times reporting that the spy wear was developed by israeli cyber security company nso group. its pegasus software can turn on a phone ais's cam are and microphone, read emails and texts and also collect location data it did punish eye patch. it did urge its users worldwide to update their app as a precaution nso tells the ft that it's investigating the what's app ens dent let's take a look at shares in premarket trading, and it loose like facebook is relatively flat it looks up .6%. brian, back to you >> see you in a bit. thank you very much. >> well, another big loss for bayer in the courts. a california jury ordered the company to pay more than $2 billion to a couple who says they were diagnosed with cancer after using the weed killer roundup. the jury said the company did not properly warn consumers of its cancer risk. kbir he down a little bit. 2.5% it's seeing that the number may ultimately come down all right. so much more to do on a busy tuesday. up next, retail stocks getting hammered more than anyone as trade sengss accelerate, but what retailers are specifica

one lawyer, representing people who are taking legal action against the group, nso, has alleged thatd. explain more about how it works, because it gets in via whatsapp? the phone owner doesn't have to do anything, it's not like when you think i shouldn't open an attachment? it's not like that, is it? it can do pretty much anything. that's right. what we are hearing is that this comes in through a missed call, so you don't even have to a nswer call, so you don't even have to answer the call. the reports are all so answer the call. the reports are all so that the phone logs can be altered afterwards, so you don't even know that you've missed the call. what happens in that is that the exploit is doing what is called a buffer overflow, sending too much data, using the voice coil ability in whatsapp, sending too much data and knows what will happen to that data and how it will be handled by the app when it overflows. what it does when it gets there, we don't know. but whatsapp is a very pervasive application, it's on even when it appears to be our. it has very, very wide ranging permissio

it's thought that refers to israel's nso group, which provides surveillance for the government and hasously been accused of helping them to spy on human rights activists. one lawyer who works with campaigners says he was targeted via whatsapp over the last two months. he wants to remain anonymous. i'm not used to being the victim, so it's isn't not pleasant feeling, obviously. it's scary. any rogue state, or a state with questionable human rights records, can easily acquire the system and use it against people who are activists, human rights lawyers and journalists. in a statement, the israeli firm said... keeping our communications secure from both hackers and governments is a constant battle for the technology companies. this flaw has been fixed. there are undoubtedly more yet to be discovered. as we've heard whatsapp says the malicious software was developed by an israeli company, and was mainly being used to spy on human rights lawyers. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman has more from jerusalem. israel is one of the worlds leaders when it comes to cybersecurity exports, and

the place today, there is a spyware called pegasus that was developed by an israeli company called nsous that was developed by an israeli company called n50, and it can be inserted and was inserted into the phones, and it was done by stealth, people are not now it's inserted into your phones and disappears from call logs, and it can monitor, spy on you even track what you are doing, by monitoring the microphone, microphone the camera on your phone. how did that make you feel? the thing is it was developed for government agencies, it was developed to keep us safe, and what's more, the agencies and all the spy agencies in the wild, they could not go and give it to your or my phone without the order of the court may be in secret but there is still an element of what you call democratic government oversight to put it in the hands of people who wish us harm, or people who want our money, and suddenly this great lawyer facebook out —— aspect called whatsapp sizes and now no one knows about it you are saved by subsets is encrypted and now no one knows about it usa, suddenly you're not. look a

in a statement, the nso group said its products were about helping countries fight crime and terrorismunting evidence the tools were being used for human rights abuses. whatsapp has urged all of its users to update their apps as a precaution but this is a cyber attack noteworthy not because of how many people were affected but because of who those people may have been. the prime minister's chief brexit negotiator, 0lly robbins, is going to brussels today to discuss how changes might be made to the so—called political declaration on future relations between the uk and the european union. back in westminster, the prime minister theresa may is coming under increasing pressure from within her own party not to strike a brexit deal with labour. 0ur political correspondent ben wright can tell us more. ben, what is 0lly robbins hoping to achieve in brussels if we are no closer to a brexit deal at home? what might he be able to achieve in brussels? the chief eu negotiator 0lly robbins will talk to the eu about changes that might be made to the political decoration. that is the political decorat

the attack was reportedly orchestrated by israeli security firm nso group. nso has been implicated in surveillance efforts on behalf of the saudi and mexican governments. the committee to protect journalists warned that journalists, lawyers, activists and human rights defenders were the most likely targets of the attack. whatsapp is owowned by facebook. "the new york times" is reporting attorney general william barr has assigned federal prosecutor john durham in connecticut to look into the origins of the fbi's investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russian interference in the 2016 election. barr has referred to the fbi's court-authorized activities as spying during congressional testimony, raising alarm among democrats who have accused barr of acting as trump's personal attorney in the wake of his handling of the mueller report. two other investigations into the russia probe are ongoing. in oakland, californrnia, monsao has been ordered to papay its highghest damageyet inhe lawsuiuit over the popopular wed third killerer roundup. a

but this week, groups led by amnesty international are calling on the israeli military to revoke the nso'sproducts overseas, citing what it described as mounting evidence that tools were being used for human rights abuses. whatsapp has urged all of its users to update their apps as a precaution, but this is a cyber attack noteworthy not because of how many people were affected but because of who those people may have been. the prime minister's chief brexit negotiator, olly robbins, is going to brussels today to discuss how changes might be made to the so—called political declaration on future relations between the uk and the european union. back in westminster, the prime minister theresa may is coming under increasing pressure from within her own party not to strike a brexit deal with labour. our political correspondent ben wright can tell us more. ben, what is olly robbins hoping to achieve in brussels if we are no closer to a brexit deal at home? the political declaration is the non—binding brief bit of the brexit deal sketching out the future relationship between the uk and the eu, and

the company that is associated with the software, nso group, they have made the point that it is licensedey have to meet government and they have to meet government regulations. and it is only sold to governments to fight terrorism and crime. that is their line. that will be that offence in court. the interesting thing about this is that the version of the software, the reason it has got so many people excited, it is pegasus three, it is because it has a zero click technology. you did not have do answer your phone. you would not know. even if you checked through your missed calls or your previous calls, they can wipe it from the calls, they can wipe it from the call log and the call list. you would not know when it happened.|j know we all have a phd in hindsight, but at the end of the day... that is one of your better lines. it wasn't a terrible one. at the end of the day of mark zuckerberg said two yea rs day of mark zuckerberg said two years ago said with a court order you can come in and see if terrorists have been using this, the impetus grey company in israel to develop this would ha

very big target, and a company that has been identified as probably being behind this attack, israel's nsoents and intelligence agencies the ability to monitor phones in this way, the accusation is that technology has been available also to repressive governments to track human rights activists, so a really interesting and quite scary insight into how even the most secure communications may not be that secure. and also how, you know, business pitches work may not be that secure. and also how, yo industries, liness pitches work may not be that secure. and also how, yo industries, you s pitches work may not be that secure. and also how, yo industries, you know, es work may not be that secure. and also how, yo industries, you know, if! work may not be that secure. and also how, yo industries, you know, if the rk in some industries, you know, if the israelis are also offering the ability to consult on this, as well as potentially attack, that is interesting. yeah, cyber security, both defence and attack side of it, it isa both defence and attack side of it, it is a multi—billion dollar industr

but this week, groups led by amnesty international are calling on the israeli military to revoke the nso's its products overseas, citing what it described as mounting evidence that tools were being used for human rights abuses. whatsapp has urged all of its users to update their apps as a precaution, but this is a cyber attack noteworthy not because of how many people were affected but because of who those people may have been. we will have more on whatsapp shortly in the programme, but i updated my shortly in the programme, but i app shortly in the programme, but i updated my app this morning. and you told me to, so i have done the same thing. public service announcement there. the continuing trade tensions between beijing and washington seem to be escalating, after china hit back in its trade war with united states. china says it will impose tariffs on $60 billion worth of us goods from the ist ofjune. this comes after the trump administration decided to double tariffs to 25% on $200 billion worth of chinese goods late last week. the latest chinese move, will see tariffs raised on more t

nso provides surveillance tools to governments and has previously been accused of helping them to spyctivists. they do sell to governments to use to fight crime and terrorism, but over the last couple of years, there has been mounting evidence that actually their technology is being used to target human rights defenders, to try and scare them to commit human rights violations against the human rights violations against the human rights defenders. in a statement, the israeli firm said... keeping our communications secure from both hackers and government is a co nsta nt from both hackers and government is a constant battle for the technology companies. this flaw has been fixed. there are undoubtedly more yet to be discovered. and rory is here. just how significant is this? well, the sheer scale of whatsapp, the number of people using it and why they use it, makes it significant and it is also a huge target for hackers of all sorts because they know that people will feel secure on whatsapp, they will feel that their m essa 9 es whatsapp, they will feel that their messages are not vulnera

the nso who made pegasus say it is not them. they do not sell it to will build parties.ebook does not seem to be taking any accountability. whose fault is this? party alwayssible in these cases is the hacker, the hacking team that actually deployed the malware. in any product, there may be vulnerabilities. it is normal for tech companies to have them in their products and to take action as soon as they are discovered. i think facebook and whatsapp are acting to fix the football. -- to fix the flaw. in maker of the spyware is the same way responsible as the maker of a weapon. if this company does not make the spyware, someone else will. the ultimate responsibility is with a hacker and the intelligence services who use the spyware. vonnie: a little like saying the response ability is the criminal's. thank you for joining. greateste now for our bloomberg flesh. shares of uber are higher. the ride-hailing service had fallen 18% in the first two days since last week's public offering. critics are saying whether the syndicate led by morgan stanley fights to aggressively. disne

carol: and the company involved, nso software, a company in israel, this is not the first time they haveon everybody's radar in terms of concerns? kurt: yeah. they do have a bit of a reputation for this kind of thing. like i said, they often have government clients. so anytime you have government using the technology to surveilled people, and they say it is used more for crime-fighting and things like that, but you can imagine there's a fine line to walk there looking at someone' messagess for a potential criminal reason versus just looking to be looking. they heard from facebook, want this to be wrapped up soon. carol: all right, we will leave it there. bloomberg's kurt wegner. coming up, we speak to the cochairmen of bain capital, stephen pagliuca. at comcast, we didn't build the nation's largest gig-speed network just to make businesses run faster. we built it to help them go beyond. because beyond risk... welcome to the neighborhood, guys. there is reward. ♪ ♪ beyond work and life... who else could he be? there is the moment. beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. ♪ ♪ every d

the nso group is controversial and facing multiple lawsuits accusing of sending spy way to saudi arabiaspain on activists. the company says they license to technology for governments for the sole purpose of fighting crime and terror. shep? >> shepard: tim conway has died. the icon of television comedy's publicist said he tied after a long illness. conway was 85 years old. he's best known for his work on "the carroll burnett show." his dead pan delivery brought laughter to millions. his antics were not only a hit for viewers but he caught his co stars off guard, too. the funniest moments is when he caught his co-stars off guard. he called the midwest the heart of comedy in america. tim conway started his career in local television in cleveland in the 1950s. carroll burnett tells fox news i'm heart broken. he was one in a million. not only as a brilliant comedian but as a loving human being. she went on to say i cherish the times we had together. tim conway voiced barnacle boy on sponge bob square pants. the show just tweeted thanking conway for everything he contributed this bikini botto

carol: and the company involved, nso software, a company in israel, this is not the first time they haven on everybody's radar in terms of concerns? kurt: yeah. they do have a bit of a reputation for this kind of thing. like i said, they often have government clients. so anytime you have government sing the technology to surveilled people, and they say it is used more for crime-fighting and things like that, but you can imagine there's a fine line to walk there looking at someone' messagess for a potential criminal reason versus just looking to be looking. so we heard from facebook, they want this to be wrapped up soon. carol: all right, we will leave it there. bloomberg's kurt wegner. we're going to take a break. coming up, we speak to the cochairmen of bain capital, stephen pagliuca. of bain capit stephen pagliuca. ♪ carol: welcome back to a special edition of bloomberg technology live from reebok's headquarters in boston. rising trade tensions between the u.s. and china have market watchers on edge. federal reserve bank of new york president john williams explained the downside of rai

a source for million with the investigation says the company that made the malware is israeli-based nsoroup so said is technology is licensed authorize government agencies for the sole purpose of fighting crime and terror. and those agencies decide how its use that's the issue those other agencies other countries have this technology and really group can't definitively control how they use it for safety purposes tonight whats app users are told to check that the app they have installed on their phones is the latest version that should help with this bug in this comes as facebook again who owns whats app is being criticized for owning too many companies or brands instagram is among them and now some politicians want more government regulation over facebook they want facebook to sell off instagram and what's app because they say facebook simply has a monopoly in is out of control so see what happens here. catherine can back to you. >>thank you grant. well, a bipartisan group of senators is now trying to address concerns about broadband mapping the fcc uses they have to determine how billi

>> so the firm that is the likeliest suspect here is called nso group.known for some very sophisticated uses of malware like this. so we're talking about a lot of research going into a specific kind of tool, not the type of tool that usually is used by criminals. they are probably best known for breaking the encryption on -- i'm sorry, opening an apple phone that was used by the san bernardino shooters a couple of years ago when the fbi was having trouble getting apple to do that for them. >> what does all of this tell us about how secure anything we do on our phones really is? >> i always tell people when they ask, nothing is secure. pretty much anything can be broken it just depends on the motivation of the person doing the breaking and what is the security on the application itself now, whatsapp is known for having some very good security and when you have an adversary who has the skills of what this one apparently was, sometimes it's impossible to protect against something like that. >> it's fascinating. it reminds me when we talk about having these

it says the users worldwide should update their app as a precaution nso tells the ft its investigating what's app incident fsh reportly further from an agreement than previously thought. there were reports of facebook close to a deal with regulators that would involve a $3 billion penalty. reuters is reporting a deal will not likely happen this week and could be a month away. tariff turmoil in the market wiping out 1.1 trillion in market cap from the s&p 500 since president trump turned up the heat on china. we're going to talk about the biggest losers and potential buying opportunities we are going to do that next as we head to a break, a look at yesterday's s&p 500 winners and losers >> we are in the green dow looking to open about 111 points higher. nasdaq looking to open higher as well 51 points higher s&p 500 looking to open about 13 points higher. this is one of the currency commodity or whatever you want to describe it as. almost 8,000 right now >> the winter is coming. >> and i missed the winter, unfortunately. tariffs have rebuilt our steel industry we placed a 25% tariff on d

nso provides surveillance tools to governments and has previously been accused of helping them to spyists. they do sell to governments to use to fight crime and terrorism, but over the last couple years, there's been mounting evidence that, actually, their technologies are being used to target human rights defenders, to try and scare them... to commit human rights violations against the human rights defenders. in a statement, the israeli firm said... keeping our communications secure from both hackers and government is a constant battle for the technology companies. this flaw has been fixed. there are undoubtedly more yet to be discovered. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile network involving senior figures at westminster has gone on trial — accused of perverting the course ofjustice. carl beech, who's 51 and from gloucester, was known as "nick" during an investigation by the metropolitan police, which cost £2.5 million. 0ur correspondent fiona trott is at newcastle crown court. fiona. bring us the latest on what has been going on there. th

hackers were able to install surveillance software developed by israel's nso group. any knowledge of the attack. paul: longtime china bear kyle bass has closed his near four year wager against the offshore yuan. his capital management company entered its short-term back in july 2015 and held the petition -- the position as recently as march. >> i don't have a vested interest in simply china's currency anymore. it is such an important moment in time for u.s. national security that all the work i have done over the last seven years is going to be moving more into the political then financials we are. shery: the top apple supplier posted first quarter profits below analyst estimates due to sagging demands for iphones. net income came in at 636 million u.s. dollars for the march period compared to the 767 million dollar average in a bloomberg survey. grow is preparing to run for president in taiwan while the smartphone market is stagnating. paul: plenty more to come on daybreak: asia." we are going to look closer at nice as losses. those shares declining sharply in tokyo